Ep. 860: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXI

Summary

The MeatEater Podcast: Ep. 860 – Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CCXI

Release Date: April 8, 2026
Host: Spencer Newharth
Guests: Giannis, Randall, Brody, Nate, Roman, Anthony

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Episode Overview

This episode brings another lively round of "MeatEater Trivia," the quiz show "where conservation always wins." Hosted by Spencer Newharth, six regulars (Giannis, Randall, Brody, Nate, Roman, Anthony) compete across hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking categories. MeatEater donates $500 to the conservation organization chosen by the episode’s winner—this time increased to $600 after a close overtime victory.

The episode includes an audience Q&A (the IFAQ), healthy banter, good-natured ribbing, listener-submitted trivia, and nuanced discussions of outdoor skills, wildlife facts, and the quirks of hunting and angling culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Trivia Stats & Player Banter (Starts ~03:26)

• Performance by Category:

  • Yanni leads in hunting (80% correct)
  • Brody leads in fishing (72%)
  • Randall in conservation (72%)
  • Steve (the absent Steven Rinella, but referenced) leads in cooking (82%).
  • Each vertical championed by a different player, reinforcing the depth and diversity of the group.

  "That just seems right." – Spencer (05:15)

• Teasing about fair question selection, egos about category dominance, and the unconscious biases of the host.

• Playful suggestion for more guest-hosting and different trivia categories.

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Listener Q&A: Beginner Deer Hunting Calibers (07:00–09:42)

Question from a 10-year-old named Wynn:

• What calibers do you use for deer? Recommendations for beginners?

Crew’s Answers:

• Yanni: 6.5 Creedmoor or .308 Win
• Randall: 6mm Creedmoor recently, historically .300 Win Mag, sometimes .45-70
• Brody: Emphasizes training kids on recoil, so they’re not scared
• General consensus: 6.5 Creedmoor as a beginner-friendly, versatile choice
• Emphasize: Shoot what you’re comfortable and accurate with

"It doesn't really matter as long as you can shoot it accurately." – Brody (09:26)
"Recoil sensitivity is paramount… bullet matters more than headstamp or caliber." – Randall (08:18; 08:24)

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The Trivia Game Begins (10:00+)

Structure

• 10 questions, one per round, spanning the four main topics and "gear," "woodsmanship," and "wildlife."

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Notable Rounds, Answers & Quotes

1. National Parks without Elk [10:09 – 12:53]

Q: Which of these national parks does NOT have elk? (Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Theodore Roosevelt)
A: Joshua Tree
Memorable Moment:

• On reading questions too often for audio and YouTube listeners:

"Let's not run our lives based on YouTube comments, Randall." – Brody (11:50)

2. Firearm Acronyms [13:03 – 17:00]

Q: The acronym ACP stands for Automatic ___ Pistol?
A: Colt
Fun Digression: How hosts feel about the sound of their own recorded voices

"But a real, a real gun nut would say you never sell a gun... that's like a truism for a lot of the faithful." – Randall (16:05)

3. Atlantic Ocean Currents [18:18 – 21:24]

Q: The ___ Stream is the warm ocean current between North Carolina and Newfoundland
A: Gulf Stream

• Stories of fishing for yellowfin tuna and mahi in the Gulf Stream

"Every morning in the summer, it's like those dudes are racing to get to the Gulf stream." – Brody (21:43)

4. Outdoor Brands [25:50 – 28:41]

Q: Which brand named after an animal uses the slogan "Hydrate or Die"?
A: CamelBak

• Backstory: Invention involved an IV bag in a tube sock!

5. Crepuscular Terms [29:08 – 32:45]

Q: Eight-letter word for partially lit times before sunrise and after sunset?
A: Twilight

• Discussion of "civil," "nautical," and "astronomical" twilight—prime deer and bear hunting times

"Twilight is when crepuscular animals such as deer and bear are most active..." – Spencer (33:18)

• Joking:

"BMNT and ENT are the technical terms for those before and after, like for morning and night..." – Nate (32:45)

6. Koala Disease (STD) [34:11 – 37:08]

Q: Some koala populations have 100% infection rate of this STD?
A: Chlamydia

• No one got it right!
• Background: Can cause blindness, infertility, and is linked to population decline

"Koalas are listed as an endangered species... with the primary cause of population decline being habitat loss. Chlamydia is also a factor..." – Spencer (37:09)

7. Orange Edible Mushrooms [39:01 – 42:06]

Q: Bright orange mushroom known as "sulfur shelf"?
A: Chicken of the woods

"I'm the smartest man alive!" – Anthony, breaking his wrong-answer streak (42:01)

• Explanation of the “foolproof four” easily identifiable wild mushrooms

8. Fishing Line Types [46:22 – 49:33]

Q: Type of fishing line that changes color every 10 yards and has a flexible metal center?
A: Leadcore line

• Used for trolling; helps lures dive deep without weights
• Digression about web development woes and Nate’s hobby site

"Kind of. We shouldn't get into this..." – Randall, cutting off a website tangent (48:20)

9. Wildlife Artist [50:55 – 54:49]

Q: Terry ___, painter known for ducks and deer, named 'America's Most Popular Artist' by U.S. Art magazine (1991–1998)?
A: Redlin

• No one got it—fun read on how influential Terry Redlin was (eg. $28M raised for Ducks Unlimited).

10. Labrador Retriever Colors [55:54 – 59:46]

Q: How many Labrador retriever coat colors are recognized by the AKC?
A: Three (black, yellow, chocolate)

• Fox red is lumped as yellow, silver as chocolate.

Overtime: Mississippi River Length [59:56 – 62:47]

Q: How many miles long is the Mississippi River?
A: 2,350 miles

• Winner: Brody and Nate closest. Anthony actually guessed 2,323—just 27 miles off!
• Prize upped to $600 donation

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Other Notable Quotes & Moments

• On letting go of inherited firearms:

  "Maybe your grandpa would be happy to see you turn that gun into a gun that you love." – Randall (19:13)

• Riffing on public banter and social media heat:

  "When I started this job, I didn't realize how many people would want me dead and tell me that... I'd wake up on Sunday mornings and there'd be a message on my phone that I just open it up and it was like, I hate you." – Randall (27:33)

• Fun exchanges on hanging grip challenges and company culture

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Stat breakdowns and player banter: 03:26–07:00
• IFAQ listener Q&A on deer calibers: 07:00–09:42
• Trivia Question 1 begins: 10:09
• Elk in National Parks: 10:09–12:53
• ACP pistol acronym: 13:03–17:00
• Gulf Stream fishing discussion: 18:18–21:24
• CamelBak and hydration brands: 25:50–28:41
• Twilight and hunting terminology: 29:08–32:45
• Koala STDs & conservation: 34:11–37:08
• Chicken of the woods mushroom: 39:01–42:06
• Leadcore fishing line: 46:22–49:33
• Wildlife artist Terry Redlin: 50:55–54:49
• Lab colorations & AKC: 55:54–59:46
• Mississippi River overtime, prize: 59:56–62:47

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Outcome & Wrap-up

• Winner: Nate, overtaking Brody in a tight overtime finish—$600 to the MeatEater Land Access Initiative for conservation.
• Episode closes with gratitude, classic MeatEater camaraderie, and playful ribbing about hosting, knowledge gaps, and whose voice really sells the quiz show.

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Final Thoughts

This episode delivers the MeatEater Podcast at its best: blending deep outdoor knowledge with lighthearted, sometimes rowdy trivia. Listeners get a sense of camaraderie, expert insight, and a heap of outdoor tips, with some left-field facts thrown in (who knew about koala chlamydia?). Newcomers and veterans alike will find something to enjoy—as always, "where conservation wins."

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For Listeners Short on Time: Most Memorable Quotes

• On learning to shoot: "It doesn't really matter as long as you can shoot it accurately." – Brody (09:26)
• On podcast hosting: "Spencer has just like a unequivocally good voice." – Nate (14:29)
• On outdoor brands: "Hydrate or die." – (CamelBak slogan, 28:41)
• On public feedback: "Let's not run our lives based on YouTube comments, Randall." – Brody (11:50)
• On hunting during twilight: "Favorite time to be hunting a deer." – Consensus (33:35)

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Summary by an avid MeatEater listener. For the full experience—and laughs—listen to the episode!

Transcript

[Spencer]

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[Steve Rinella]

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[Spencer]

It's a media podcast. Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host, Spencer Newharth and today we're joined by Giannis, Randall, Brody, Nate, Roman and Anthony. This is a 10 round quiz show with questions from meat eaters. Four verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation and cooking. There is a prize. Meat eater will donate $500 to the Conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Now for three stats of the week. This year we reviewed player performance by category for 2025. As a reminder, Giannis leads in hunting where he gets 80% of questions correct. Brody leads in fishing with 72%. Randall leads in conservation with 72%. And today we're looking at cooking. Who do you guys think is the cooking champion?

[Nate]

Yanni.

[Spencer]

Not Yanni. Yanni, Is cooking a good category for me?

[Anthony]

I've never got a cooking one right.

[Spencer]

Not Brody.

[Yanni]

Steve.

[Spencer]

Steve is our leader. Here are the top five. Yanni is fifth at 70%. Maggie, Hudlow and Brody are tied for third at 75%.

[Brody]

That's pretty good.

[Spencer]

Randall is second at 77% and Steve R. Is first at 82%.

[Randall]

How many at bats?

[Spencer]

Not a lot. Yeah. Yeah, him and him and Maggie barely made my fictional cut in my head as to who could be in the top five. Uh, but. But Maggie tied with Brody at third and Steve number one.

[Brody]

So who's the overall per? Like when you combine them all?

[Spencer]

I. I will. We could give you that next episode teaser. I think I know who will be. But this. This means that last year each one of our verticals was championed by a different player. Yanni and hunting. Brody in fishing, Randall in conservation, and Steven cooking. That just seems right.

[Randall]

Yeah, I think it speaks to the quality of your questions.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Yanni]

I think.

[Randall]

No, I think it reflects.

[Spencer]

Well, you know what I wanted to

[Nate]

give some feedback on as I'm Prepping another batch of 10 questions. I think you're right, Randall. I remove questions that I know you're gonna get.

[Randall]

Thanks.

[Spencer]

I do not do that.

[Nate]

I think you do, subconsciously.

[Brody]

No, I think you.

[Randall]

When you said, I think you're right, I was like. It's like one of the many things am I right about?

[Steve Rinella]

Are you going to talk about?

[Spencer]

Okay, so Randall thinks I remove questions he'll get right. Brody thinks I add questions that Randall will get right. Oh, he does, I think.

[Randall]

But I think with a date, I think it's unconscious. I think. I think, like, as I'm looking at a question, I'm like, that's not a good question. But if I ask myself why, it's because.

[Brody]

Randall, it's time for you to host again.

[Spencer]

I feel like we'll make it.

[Anthony]

Are you hosting again, Nate?

[Nate]

I don't. Yeah, it is.

[Spencer]

We'll see.

[Nate]

It is.

[Spencer]

You're right. I. I need it.

[Yanni]

We're always prepping to host.

[Spencer]

Yeah, you could do the same.

[Nate]

Dude. Your energy from the meetings would be great for hosting.

[Randall]

Tone.

[Anthony]

I'm gonna have some different categories.

[Spencer]

Podcast started nine minutes late because we were showering Anthony with compliments about how well he does in meetings.

[Randall]

Good meeting, guy.

[Anthony]

Thanks, guys.

[Spencer]

Strong. All right, here's an IFAQ. Now, in the press, a lot of IFA cues were about the trivia show itself. Since we've gotten rid of radio live, we don't get to tackle a lot of just general questions that would otherwise show up in the chat. So in the future, for your IFA Q, it can just be whatever you want us to answer for you today, win is starting us off. Wynn says hello. I am 10 years old, and me and my dad love your show. Here's my ifaq. What calibers does the crew use for deer? And what would they recommend for beginners? So there's two different questions here. What do you. What do you got, Yanni?

[Anthony]

12 games.

[Yanni]

That's a good one. I'm just surprised that that's the one that you chose, Spencer.

[Spencer]

That's the most recent one in my inbox.

[Brody]

You got to educate this kid. Should be cartridges.

[Spencer]

Okay, there's your first answer. Win. He Win has two questions here. What calibers does the crew use? And then what do they recommend for beginners? For a deer. What are you going to use to shoot a deer this year?

[Yanni]

Either a 6.5 Creedmore or a.308. Win.

[Spencer]

Okay. Old school, huh?

[Brody]

Why?

[Yanni]

I just have a gun that's chambered in it.

[Brody]

You got some pants? Called a.308.

[Anthony]

Where does he live?

[Spencer]

Wynn did not. Let me go look and see if Wynn told us where he lives.

[Randall]

I will probably shoot a deer with. I've killed my last few deer with the six Creedmoor. I killed most. If you were looking at the grand total of deer that I've killed. Most of them been with a.300 win mag

[Brody]

this year. Randall.

[Randall]

This year? He's asking. Could be anything. I just don't know yet. Things are. Things are in flux right now in my. In my gun cabinet. I've killed a couple bucks with a.4570.

[Steve Rinella]

Same that.

[Randall]

I think for a young shooter. I think recoil sensitivity is paramount.

[Yanni]

Yeah.

[Randall]

I think bullet. Bullet matters more than head stamp or caliber. And I think you just gotta get something that you're comfortable shooting. Brody says.

[Spencer]

Brody's shaking his head.

[Brody]

I think you should train your kids up on recoil. Otherwise they're gonna be afraid of it their entire lives.

[Spencer]

I think they should just shoot whatever they're comfortable with.

[Randall]

I think. Six. Five Creedmoor.

[Spencer]

Six five three zero eight. 243.

[Anthony]

350. Legend. Yeah. Maybe he's in the Midwest. He could be in the Midwest.

[Spencer]

I'm looking at Wynn's email. He didn't say where he lives. But he wrote a trivia question as well that has to do with Alberta and Colorado. So we're just gonna guess he's in the Rocky Mountains somewhere?

[Steve Rinella]

It's a good guess.

[Randall]

Or on the plains.

[Spencer]

Yanni, any recommendations for Wynn about a good beginner caliber?

[Yanni]

The 6.5 Creedmoor.

[Brody]

Yep.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Yanni]

Does it all. Easy to get in.

[Brody]

And you can take a crack at an elk. If you hit him in the right spot. Spot. You'll be fine.

[Spencer]

I. I was also going to recommend that. That's four of us who think a 6.5 creed more would be good for beginners. Anything else to add for win about what calibers we're using for deer and what we'd recommend?

[Brody]

It doesn't really matter as long as you can shoot it accurately.

[Spencer]

Okay. And I think that is part of Randall's answer about recoil management.

[Randall]

And something you can practice a lot with.

[Spencer]

There you go.

[Randall]

Just be comfortable.

[Spencer]

Shootability doesn't cost a lot.

[Randall]

Know where it goes.

[Spencer]

All right. No housekeeping today. The Shelby index for this episode is a four. So our winners should get eight correct answers. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia. Play the drop, Phil. Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that?

[Randall]

You stand to win everything.

[Spencer]

Game on. Suckers. Question 1. The topic is public lands, and as always, this will be multiple choice. Which of these national parks does not have elk? Is it Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Olympic, or Theodore Roosevelt? Three of those national parks have elk. One of them does not. Is it the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Olympic, or Theodore Roosevelt? Going back to our ifaq, if you want us to answer a question like win for recommended beginner deer cartridges, send that email to triviator.com with the subject line IFAQ. Maybe you want to know what Yanni's gonna do with his turkey legs this year. Or what video game is keeping Phil up late at night lately. Send us your questions there again. Question 1. Which of these national parks does not have elk? Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Theodore Roosevelt.

[Randall]

Spencer, if I could offer some feedback that I saw in the YouTube comments.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Randall]

Some guy said you read the question too much. It was a first for me.

[Spencer]

Wow.

[Anthony]

I like it when he reads it again.

[Nate]

It helps.

[Randall]

I just think you can't do. I mean, I don't know.

[Spencer]

Just.

[Randall]

I wanted to put that bug in your ear.

[Phil]

I think Spencer does that for the. For the audio listener. Whoever's commenting on YouTube is probably watching on YouTube. They can see the question on the screen. That's right.

[Randall]

Yeah. I'm just. Shut up, Randall.

[Brody]

I also think it's helpful when you're stuck and you can't.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Brody]

Coming up with an answer.

[Randall]

It's good to hear.

[Anthony]

I'm always stuck.

[Randall]

We always.

[Brody]

Let's not run our lives based on YouTube comments, Randall. We don't want to go down.

[Spencer]

Run them based on spot.

[Randall]

Well, okay, good. Because I was told on the YouTube comments they should go away forever.

[Spencer]

Well, second, I do read the question a lot. One is for our audio listeners. Two, I'm trying to fill some dead air. And yeah. Three, I think it's just nice for folks to hear it a third and fourth time.

[Randall]

It just made me chuckle because every time I've hosted, if you forget to read a question twice, you get slammed for it. And this guy's like, eh, a little too much. It's going a little overboard.

[Brody]

The question's just got a nice voice to listen to.

[Spencer]

Oh, thank you. One more time. I think it's the fifth time you're gonna hear this one. Which of these national parks does not have elk? Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Olympic, Theodore Roosevelt. Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanni says Joshua Tree. Roman and Randall say Joshua Tree. Anthony says Theodore Roosevelt. Nate and Brody say Joshua Tree. They got it. The correct answer is Joshua Tree.

[Brody]

Randall, that Marker is not going to work for whoever tries to use it next. You've used it all up.

[Spencer]

Anthony's going to have to have a line item about that in our next all company meeting.

[Randall]

This place is made of money, Brody.

[Spencer]

Grand Canyon has Rocky Mountain elk which were stocked there about 100 years ago to replace the extinct Mariam's elk. Theodore Roosevelt also has Rocky Mountain elk which were stocked there 40 years ago to replace the extirpated Manitoban elk. And Olympic is home to one of the continent's largest herds of Roosevelt elk. Question 2. The topic is hunting. This next great question is via Anthony Spine. The acronym ACP stands for automatic Blank Pistol. Nate very quick to answer. He's the only one. Randall got a shocked look in his eye. Wow. I don't know if it was about Nate knowing it or about Randall not knowing it right off. Equally shocking, the acronym ACP stands for automatic Blank Pistol.

[Anthony]

I think I know it.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Nate]

I thank my grandpa for this one. RIP

[Spencer]

Rest in power.

[Nate]

Yep. I had a question about your voice.

[Randall]

This is a good one.

[Spencer]

About my voice? Yep.

[Nate]

Oh, I can't stand my voice when I listen to it. It sucks.

[Anthony]

Yeah.

[Nate]

Do you like listening to your voice? Because it's so great.

[Spencer]

I don't. I don't dislike it.

[Nate]

Nice. Dude. That'd be so great.

[Spencer]

I gotta. I gotta hear that again.

[Yanni]

It'll get easier.

[Nate]

Oh, it's the worst.

[Yanni]

Everybody. Everybody has the same feelings.

[Nate]

But Spencer has just like a unequivocally good voice.

[Yanni]

But he probably didn't think that when he first.

[Nate]

Did you think that when you first started?

[Spencer]

No, I don't. I don't know. That it was like on my radar is like that's something I could bring to the table. Is good to know I have a nice voice. The acronym ACP stands for automatic Blank Pistol. I do have buddies that get on my case saying that's my game show voice that I put on. Which I would say is true. Yeah. I'm like, I'm making a game show here for you.

[Brody]

Let's see it.

[Nate]

I want to know.

[Spencer]

So I got to put on my game show, boys.

[Nate]

You show me. Show me first.

[Spencer]

I didn't get a two way street.

[Randall]

I think this is a great question.

[Spencer]

Thank you. Good question. Via Anthony Spine.

[Randall]

Cuz I'm not sure.

[Yanni]

I owned a.45 ACP for a little bit. Never shot it and I sold it.

[Spencer]

Do you have this one right, Yanni?

[Yanni]

I don't know.

[Spencer]

Never shot it. Like you literally never pulled the trigger?

[Yanni]

No.

[Spencer]

Wow.

[Randall]

We've all done that.

[Yanni]

Mm.

[Randall]

I feel like everybody's bought multiple guns. They've never shot and sold them.

[Nate]

Hmm. Yeah.

[Yanni]

Cuz then when a year goes by, you haven't shot it, you realize, well, might as well get rid of this one. Not that interesting.

[Spencer]

I think that's two unique things that have happened to you, Yanni. I feel like people don't get rid of guns that they haven't shot in a year and they also don't buy a gun that they then don't shoot. Is everybody ready?

[Brody]

Randall, you got anything to say about that?

[Randall]

I just.

[Spencer]

Well, but I also. I don't think Randall's the right person to answer because he's also an unusual guns gun owner.

[Randall]

Yeah, I mean, I feel like.

[Brody]

I don't think so. I think he's just a gun nut. I think there's lots of guns out there.

[Randall]

But a real, a real gun nut would say you never sell a gun.

[Yanni]

Right.

[Randall]

You know, that's, that's like a truism for a lot of the faithful. And I can't disagree with that.

[Spencer]

When's the last time you sold one?

[Randall]

November.

[Spencer]

Okay. At the, at the height of your arms dealing, how many guns were you selling a year, you think?

[Randall]

I don't want to answer that because I do feel like there are legal definitions that you just stuck in there that. Like bought and sold in a year,

[Spencer]

moving in and out of your.

[Brody]

It can't be.

[Randall]

I mean, it can't be that many because I.

[Spencer]

25.

[Yanni]

More or less than 20.

[Randall]

Like combined in and out. Like, like I buy one and I sell one. That counts as two.

[Spencer]

It counts as two, yeah.

[Randall]

20.

[Spencer]

20, like probably.

[Randall]

Probably close.

[Yanni]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

Is everybody.

[Randall]

They're not all, they're not all expensive guns.

[Yanni]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanni says compact. Roman says Char Charging. Randall says Colt. Anthony says chambering. Nate says Colt Brody cycling. The correct answer is Colt. Nate and Randall got that one right. ACP cartridges were designed by John Browning for Colt semi auto pistols between 1899 and 1908. Those include the.25 ACP.32, 380, 38 and 45. According to 2020 data, the.45 ACP is the second most commonly used pistol in bear defense incidents in America, second to the.44 Magnum and tied with the.357 Magnum. Question 3. The topic is fishing. This next rate question is via tad or nado. The blank stream is defined as the, quote, warm ocean current flowing in the Atlantic northeastward off the North American coast between North Carolina and Newfoundland.

[Nate]

Randall I got a question about guns.

[Randall]

Sure.

[Nate]

So my grandpa's got all these. He died. He gave me a bunch of his guns. They're just, like, random, esoteric. Like a.308 normal.

[Steve Rinella]

You know, interesting.

[Nate]

Like, he never shot it. I'm never gonna. I don't even know where to buy ammo for it.

[Randall]

It's probably more available than you think,

[Anthony]

so maybe the Internet.

[Nate]

But I'm not gonna, like, go out of my way to buy it. Sure. That was. That was a dumb comment. Sure. I could find ammo for it. I don't want to. So do I sell it, or does it just sit in the safe until I do the same thing to my grandkid?

[Randall]

I would.

[Spencer]

Are you.

[Randall]

How much. Doctor, there's two questions.

[Spencer]

How much do you.

[Randall]

How much do you. How much did your grandpa love that gun? And how much did you love your grandpa?

[Nate]

Oh, buddy.

[Randall]

But then the third question is something

[Brody]

in there that's really worth it.

[Nate]

Oh, there's. There's a number that are. I'm not talking about the ones that are really worth anything. I'm talking about the ones that are, like, okay, that's nice.

[Randall]

Maybe your grandpa would be happy to see you turn that gun into a gun that you love.

[Nate]

He was a hoarder, so I doubt it.

[Spencer]

Oh, yeah, Not a hoarder.

[Nate]

He just. He liked buying nice things.

[Spencer]

Grandpa's are hoarders. You could say he's a hoarder.

[Nate]

He's a hoarder.

[Spencer]

The blank stream is defined as the warm ocean current flowing in the Atlantic northeastward off the North American coast between North Carolina and Newfoundland.

[Randall]

But, like, there's a hypothetical in which you're like, grandpa, tell me a story about this gun. He's like, shit, I don't know. He got it in a trade from something, and I don't care about it at all.

[Nate]

That's kind of how it goes. Like, you just. Oh, I just bought it because I had money.

[Randall]

Yeah. So I don't know.

[Spencer]

I bet Grandpa would like you to take that thousand dollars you'd make off of selling three or four of his guns and buying a new propane grill or another gun.

[Nate]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[Spencer]

Buying a new. A new kitchen table.

[Randall]

I just think of them as reincarnating in other guns. Like, I never get it. I never get a new gun. They just transform. Yeah, they momentarily, like, I like that. Shift into cash money, and then they're just a number, and then they shape shift again.

[Brody]

Like, this conversation speaks to the weakness of this question. That. That Spencer asked.

[Spencer]

I'm gonna read it one more time. The blank stream is defined as the warm ocean current flowing in the Atlantic northeastward off the North American coast between North Carolina and Newfoundland. Anthony, do you give up?

[Anthony]

I have one.

[Spencer]

Okay. Roman, do you give up? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanni says, golf. Roman, without an answer. Randall, golf. Anthony, jet. Nate and Brody say golf. The correct answer is the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream carries tropical water from the Gulf to Europe. It varies across its route, but on average it's 50 miles wide and flows at 4 miles per hour. The Gulf Stream functions as a river within the ocean, attracting plen of sea life that uses it as a migratory highway. Phil has a map there for you showing what the golf stream does. They're all that way.

[Anthony]

When I think of golf stream, I think of something else.

[Randall]

Think of a jet.

[Anthony]

That's right.

[Nate]

CEO material.

[Yanni]

CEO.

[Spencer]

Let's not get greedy.

[Yanni]

Caught a lot of fish in the old Gulf Stream.

[Spencer]

Oh, yeah? What flavor?

[Brody]

Mahi, Yellowfin tuna.

[Yanni]

Yellowfin tuna. What else? I mean, some kind of bonitas.

[Brody]

Every morning in the summer, it's like those dudes are racing to get to the Gulf stream.

[Yanni]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer]

50 miles wide, 4 mile per hour current.

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[Spencer]

p.com meater question for the topic is gear. This brand, which is named after an animal, uses the slogan Hydrate or Die. This brand, which is named after an animal, uses the slogan Hydrate or dye.

[Brody]

What was the. The index today?

[Spencer]

A four. So I'm thinking our winner will get eight. Correct. You think that's high or low, Brody?

[Brody]

I think it's low.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Brody]

Don't you have a perfect game going?

[Randall]

Yeah, but I had a perfect game going last week until the sixth question.

[Spencer]

This brand, which is when my day fell apart. An animal. I thought you won. Uses these slogan. Hydrate or die.

[Brody]

You gotta be happy with that, Randall.

[Randall]

I am happy. I am happy with that.

[Spencer]

We have six whiteboards down. Roman, you had your major outburst.

[Brody]

Yeah, that was lost control.

[Yanni]

Oh, yeah. How are the comments about that?

[Randall]

I didn't want to get into it. I was waiting for Spencer to bring it up. They're overwhelmingly in support of me.

[Spencer]

That doesn't mean it's right.

[Randall]

I've gotten emails from agronomists. Roman can speak to this.

[Spencer]

I've gotten emails from English experts saying that I'm correct.

[Nate]

This is an expert witness.

[Spencer]

We could dredge it up next week. Randall, if you like.

[Randall]

There's another guy that just called me a name that Roman thought was very funny.

[Nate]

Got a spicy one last night.

[Spencer]

About you. I don't know if I should spicy.

[Phil]

Like, ooh, spicy or about me.

[Nate]

Pretty good hair.

[Brody]

Ate, you mean?

[Randall]

Yeah.

[Yanni]

Mm.

[Spencer]

The germinate question. Really got it.

[Randall]

Got people fired up. I know, I know. When I. When I started this job, I didn't realize how many people would want me dead and tell me that. I didn't realize. I'd wake up on Sunday mornings and there'd be a message on my phone that I just open it up and it was like, I hate you.

[Spencer]

This brand. Guys in public now named after an animal.

[Brody]

No, No.

[Randall]

I also think there's a misconception that, like, this is how I behave at a Christmas dinner with my in laws.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Randall]

Like part of the whole thing here is that, like I could sit here and just be quiet.

[Nate]

That's no problem.

[Spencer]

You're entertaining folks.

[Yanni]

Yeah, but I would imagine that you do behave like this at Christmas.

[Spencer]

Maybe after a couple drinks, maybe after a couple breakfast. He wouldn't. But dinner maybe.

[Randall]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answer.

[Randall]

Couple nogs.

[Spencer]

Yanni and Roman say Camelback. Anthony says Gatorade. Nate and Brody say Camelback. The correct answer is camelback.

[Nate]

Oh, he stumbles.

[Brody]

It's a game now.

[Spencer]

Camelback was founded in 1989 after Michael Edson filled an IV bag with water and placed it in a tube sock that was worn on his back. Their products are commonly used by Hutch Bikers. Bikers and the military. But despite their name, it's a myth that can't most store water in their humps, which are actually made of fat. Question five, topic is woodsmanship. Oh, this next great question.

[Brody]

We're not gonna linger on the tube sock and the iv.

[Spencer]

I mean, that's just clever design, well done by Michael.

[Yanni]

He must have wore it like a sling.

[Spencer]

I guess he wore it on a jersey. And I don't know if he was doing a marathon. Oh, that was the OG Camelback. An IV bag in a tube sock. Question five, the topic is woodsmanship. This next great question is via Adam Curry. This eight letter word is defined as, quote, the period of time before sunrise and after sunset in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated. Randall, this definition is via the National Weather Service, if you'd like to argue with them.

[Randall]

I didn't say anything.

[Spencer]

No, I know. Well, I was just making it known. Oh, man. This eight letter word is defined as the period of time before sunrise and after sunset in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated.

[Nate]

Got some good flavor text for you.

[Spencer]

Oh, okay. Nate had a quick answer and then he went back to his whiteboard. Did you change your answer?

[Nate]

No, I just wanted to prove how much I know about this.

[Spencer]

Okay, nice.

[Brody]

Keep your mouth shut now.

[Nate]

Thank you.

[Anthony]

Good advice. It's a tough day for me.

[Randall]

I don't know if I have this right.

[Spencer]

Okay. Brody, confident. Randall quickly put his whiteboard down. Yanni, still thinking. Roman with a blank whiteboard. Nate adding even more.

[Nate]

No, I was just. I missed the eight letter part. Just checking.

[Spencer]

Eight letter word is defined as the period of time before sunrise and after sunset in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated.

[Randall]

See, Nate's. Nate's thing about adding more information to show how much he knows is throwing me off because I don't My answer, I feel like I couldn't add to it. I don't know what there is to say that's interesting about this word.

[Spencer]

Okay, we'll just let us the flavor text on this one. This is question five. We'll get a scoreboard update from Phil the engineer after this.

[Anthony]

Partially.

[Spencer]

Yanni, do you have this one right?

[Yanni]

Not yet.

[Spencer]

Okay, do you have an eight letter word down?

[Yanni]

Not yet.

[Spencer]

Eight letter word. The period of time before sunrise and after sunset in which the atmosphere is partially illuminated.

[Randall]

Can you send me that email, Please?

[Nate]

Show it to me like a nicer one.

[Spencer]

Yeah, Roman's going to edit the email.

[Randall]

No, no, I want to see it.

[Nate]

It's kind of interesting. You're kind of like a. Like A therapist. You like screening. You're controlling how people think about themselves.

[Spencer]

It's a weird position to be in.

[Yanni]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

Particularly with this individual to my left.

[Nate]

Does he get a lot?

[Spencer]

We share a wall. It's nice.

[Randall]

Yeah. Roman shares a wall with me. And the men's restroom, the floor full of dudes.

[Brody]

Which ones?

[Spencer]

Which one has more flatulence coming in that restroom?

[Brody]

Like, I wonder if Rome.

[Randall]

Oh, I always check for. I make sure he's got earbuds in.

[Yanni]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

The past owner of that office was always wearing headphones. Roman, 247, I think for a reason. I don't blame her.

[Randall]

This is a good guy here.

[Nate]

The best.

[Spencer]

Yanni, do you give up?

[Yanni]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says Elpin. Roman says Blue Hour. Randall says Twilight. Anthony says Legal Shooting. Nate says Twilight. And Brody says Twilight. The correct answer is Twilight. Nate, take it away.

[Nate]

BMNT and ENT are the technical terms for those before and after, like for morning and night. I can't remember what they stand. I think it's before morning nautical twilight or something like that. And I can't remember.

[Spencer]

The ENT is there is civil twilight, nautical twilight and astronomical twilight. Civil twilight starts or ends when the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. This varies by location, but generally it lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. Nautical twilight begins or ends at 12 degrees below the horizon and astronomical twilight is 18 degrees. Twilight is when crepuscular animals such as deer and bear are most active and

[Nate]

when the Indians attack hard.

[Brody]

Getting to that point in life where it's hard to find them through the glass at that time of day, they gotta be moving.

[Spencer]

Favorite time to be hunting a deer. All right, Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.

[Phil]

Oh, he's not as good at trivia as he is at all staff meetings. Anthony has zero points on the board.

[Randall]

Big numbers guy.

[Phil]

Coming up next is Roman with two. Giannis Patelis has three. Randall and Brody are tied with four. He's got a perfect game. At halftime, it's Nate Macing with five points.

[Nate]

First time ever, the Nate trails.

[Yanni]

How's that feel?

[Nate]

I'm gonna crash and burn. I always do this.

[Anthony]

I'm putting on my rally cap. I'm gonna tie Nate.

[Nate]

Probably.

[Randall]

That would be dramatic.

[Spencer]

Question 6. The topic is conservation. This next great question is via Adam Hamilton. Some populations of koalas have a 100% infection rate of this STD. Brody, Randall, Nate, all quick to answer. Some populations of koalas have a 100% infection rate of this STD. Nate, is this gonna keep the perfect game going?

[Nate]

I feel like I've heard this, but I don't think it's right.

[Spencer]

Does that seem like an STD that koalas would have?

[Nate]

I don't know.

[Anthony]

I'm just running through STDs in my head and trying to picture a koala with one.

[Randall]

I'm trying to remember what the lab said after my trip to Australia.

[Spencer]

Some populations of koalas have.

[Brody]

Now, what was the category here?

[Spencer]

Conservation.

[Yanni]

Conservation.

[Spencer]

Yeah. Okay, I'll tell you about it in the. In the flavor text. Do you have.

[Brody]

You can tell me about it all you want.

[Spencer]

Do you have this one right, Brody?

[Brody]

I'm not sure. I think so. But you know, there's a lot of STDs out there.

[Anthony]

Spencer, does spelling matter?

[Spencer]

No, spelling does not matter. Some populations of koalas have a 100 infection rate of this STD.

[Brody]

Everyone got an answer?

[Spencer]

No. Okay.

[Brody]

I want to ask a question. When everyone does change their answer after

[Nate]

this is like a question.

[Spencer]

Nate has picked up his whiteboard. I think 100%. Some populations have a 100%. I think I saw there was a general large scale area where they found that it was like 68%. But there's some population within that area that have a 100% infection rate.

[Yanni]

I feel like I used to know more STDs than are popping into my head right now.

[Spencer]

I think back in your 20s.

[Anthony]

Yeah.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Randall]

I wish I could just come up with like an old timey sailors term for this, but I. No one's not coming to mind. Also, I don't know if I got it right.

[Spencer]

So is everybody ready? What would you like to ask, Brody?

[Brody]

Is it the same one that got Al Capone?

[Spencer]

I don't know the answer to that.

[Nate]

That's what I got.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanni says gonorrhea. Roman says hepatitis B. I was gonna say gonorrhea. Randall says herpes.

[Phil]

Expanding the gamut here.

[Spencer]

Anthony says syphilis. Wow. Four different STDs so far. Nate says syphilis. Brody wrote down syphilis, but went with herpes instead. The correct answer is chlamydia. Nobody got that one.

[Nate]

It has to be passed down by the mom. Like it has to be.

[Spencer]

I. I think there is. I don't have this in my flavor text, but I think it's like sexually transmitted for koalas as well as through some fecal matter. And so I think the young can get it via fecal matter.

[Nate]

Got It.

[Spencer]

Koalas are listed as an endangered species, Brody, across much of their range, with the primary cause of population decline being habitat loss. Chlamydia is also a factor which can cause blindness, bladder inflammation, infertility, and death. It's thought that chlamydia jumped from domestic livest to koalas sometime in the 1800s. If you listen to Snipe Hunter, the album by Tyler Childers.

[Yanni]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer]

In like the first four. Four first four verses of that song, he talks about, do they have chlamydia or do they have syphilis? I can't remember.

[Nate]

What's stopping them from just giving them a bunch of doxy and cleaning that all up?

[Spencer]

Don't. Don't have the answer to that one. Wow. I think I. I think I'm just riffing again here. I think I saw something about some of the antibiotics make it hard for them to digest whatever they eat, which is eucalyptus. So it's just like fixing one problem but creating it?

[Brody]

No, it kills their gut microbes probably.

[Nate]

Oh, definitely need for.

[Brody]

Makes sense.

[Spencer]

Gentlemen, that's 15 emails he just cost us right there. Question 7. The topic is cooking. This bright orange mushroom that grows on trees is also known as a sulfur shell. And the room is stumped. This bright orange mushroom that grows on trees is also known as a sulfur shelf. We had a zero percenter for question six. May have a zero percenter. Question seven. Brody thought the Shelby index was too low. This bright orange mushroom that grows on trees is also known as a sulfur shelf.

[Randall]

So koalas, huh?

[Spencer]

Nate came up with an answer right away. He's now changing it. Yani, do you have this one right?

[Yanni]

I have an answer.

[Spencer]

Okay. Is it a bright orange mushroom?

[Nate]

Yes.

[Spencer]

Grows on trees. Orange mushroom that grows on trees, also known as a sulfur shelf. Nate, do you have this one right?

[Nate]

No. I've got a guess.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Nate]

Like, it makes sense how I got there, but I don't think it's right.

[Spencer]

Okay. How many mushrooms do you think you could name, Nate, if you had to?

[Nate]

Just random.

[Spencer]

Well, like, ones you'd maybe find out in the woods. Find in the grocery store?

[Nate]

Yeah, probably like 10.

[Spencer]

Okay, that's a good start.

[Nate]

Is that a lot or is that not a lot?

[Anthony]

That's a lot.

[Randall]

It's a lot. Seems like a lot to me.

[Nate]

Okay.

[Yanni]

Yeah, I was only gonna say four or five.

[Randall]

Maybe two minutes.

[Nate]

We should do this afterwards.

[Anthony]

I'd rather not.

[Spencer]

This bright mushroom that grows.

[Yanni]

We should also do the dead hang.

[Spencer]

You ever do that?

[Yanni]

Just hang from the bar? I didn't know this, but someone was telling me the other day that if you can go two minutes as a adult male, you're in excellent condition.

[Nate]

That's a long time.

[Anthony]

I was to just hang from, like,

[Nate]

a monkey bar, but I struggle with those, like, I suck at all bodyweight stuff because I'm tall and long. So like, some, like, Brody's gonna be able to hang there for half an hour because what do you weigh, like 160, 570 pounds?

[Anthony]

Less?

[Nate]

That's my whole point.

[Anthony]

He's keeping it tight.

[Spencer]

Would you rather be short?

[Steve Rinella]

Wide?

[Brody]

But my point is you got way bigger muscles than me.

[Nate]

Definitely not.

[Randall]

Yeah, we get to make a T shirt. Brody keeping it tight.

[Anthony]

Nothing wrong with that.

[Nate]

But that is.

[Steve Rinella]

That would be a good.

[Nate]

That's a hard. That's a hard thing to do. You know, we should do that as one of our daily little things. Just how many seconds you can. Minutes you can.

[Anthony]

How about for the all company meeting?

[Yanni]

Oh, yeah, that'll spice it up.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Anthony]

Slide 3.

[Randall]

Told you you're good at meetings.

[Spencer]

Nate is going to. He's going to ask that question again.

[Brody]

Spencer, I gotta think some more.

[Spencer]

This bright orange mushroom that grows on trees is also known as a sulfur shelf. Nate's gonna add that to his daily routine. Every day he goes to the Meedater.com and he plays whatever recent game he's put up there, even if he's already played it. He goes back and he play orange or not, and then he hangs on a bar.

[Nate]

I've, I. I've stopped playing Wordle and like the New York games, and I just play the Meteor games now.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Nate]

And it's not even like a thing I'm doing. It's just like Wordle is just kind of dead to me.

[Randall]

Company man.

[Spencer]

He's a company man. It is a company.

[Anthony]

Is that good training, you think for trivia, playing your games online?

[Spencer]

I would say it would help. Yeah. But you're not going to walk in here and just be Randall one day because you play those games.

[Randall]

You know, you'd have to go through a lot more traumatic experiences. See where I'm sitting?

[Spencer]

Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanni says chicken of the woods. Roman says nothing. Chantrell. Randy. Without an answer. Anthony. Chicken of the woods.

[Yanni]

Let's go.

[Spencer]

Nate says lion's mane. Brody says toadstool. The correct answer is chicken of the woods.

[Anthony]

I'm the smartest man alive.

[Spencer]

Anthony. And Yanni got that one right back.

[Steve Rinella]

He's back, baby.

[Spencer]

Chicken of the woods is one of the foolproof four mushrooms, which means it's easy to identify. They grow in a stacked formation on trees in the spring and summer and are easy to see with their traffic cone colors. For a great Chicken of the woods recipe, go read Lucas Leaf's article on the meat eater.com called Chicken of the Woods Tacos.

[Anthony]

I'm so proud.

[Randall]

The sulfur shelf thing, it's really good.

[Spencer]

Sulfur shelf sounds like something that's not

[Randall]

out there is a toadstool thing.

[Brody]

But I I don't even think it's a mushroom. I think it's like some other kind of fungus that.

[Randall]

Gotcha. There's that word popped in my head but then I was like isn't that. I thought it was maybe just catch

[Brody]

all term stool shelf. You know, same thing.

[Spencer]

Picture of a Chicken of the Woods I found while hanging trail cameras in South Dakota in 2014.

[Brody]

Is that mouse on that thing?

[Spencer]

It was not mouse. I think it was some sort of insect remnants that were left there, but I took those home and ate them.

[Steve Rinella]

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[Spencer]

8 the topic is fishing. This is our Listener question of the week, which was won by Kobe Fontes for sending this great question. Kobe is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to Trivia atthe meat eater.com this type of fishing line changes color every 10 yards and has a flexible metal center. Brody, quickly answering.

[Nate]

Is this like a brand? Is this like a.

[Anthony]

It's a kind type.

[Spencer]

This type of fishing line changes color every 10 yards and has a flexible metal center. Jeez, Brody, do you have this one right?

[Brody]

I think so.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Anthony]

I mean, the metal center is kind of throwing me off.

[Spencer]

Randall scribbled something. Do you think you have this one, Randall?

[Randall]

No, I. I feel like I have the answer in there somewhere, but I don't think it's gonna.

[Spencer]

This is question eight. We'll get a scoreboard update From Phil after this.

[Anthony]

Put the pressure on.

[Brody]

You aren't much of an angler, are you, Nate?

[Nate]

I've been told that before.

[Spencer]

Nate's worst category in meteor trivia. I learned as I was gathering stats. I think it's the only one where you're below 50%.

[Nate]

What's the. What's my next lowest? I bet it's like a 20 gap.

[Spencer]

I think it's conservation. I think it's.

[Anthony]

I think the STD category.

[Spencer]

This type of fishing line changes color every 10 yards and has a flexible metal center.

[Brody]

Oh, I forgot to ask. Did you see a big bump in traffic on. On your website?

[Nate]

I still don't know how to check that. We. I'll tell you guys afterwards. But there's a. There's a whole mess of. Turns out, websites are hard, but she's back up. She's back up.

[Phil]

Six people went to it and it crashed.

[Anthony]

What's your website?

[Nate]

Kind of.

[Randall]

We shouldn't get into this.

[Nate]

My buddy at Onyx helped me fix it. So we're good.

[Randall]

I always thought I wanted a website.

[Nate]

You don't. It causes all sorts of problems.

[Randall]

Yeah, but that's how you. How you learn, become powerful.

[Spencer]

Nate bought a domain for how many dollars?

[Nate]

One dollar.

[Spencer]

One whole dollar for a year. And it will help you determine if you should shoot TSS for turkeys or not.

[Nate]

If you went to the website and it was down, this is why. Okay, but it's back up.

[Spencer]

What's the URL? Someone else wants to help you. Remind me to send you that.

[Nate]

I think. Which one? What's his name?

[Spencer]

I don't know.

[Nate]

I got a handful about it. I think we had a guy right in. This is. So this is the thing. We'll talk about it later.

[Spencer]

This type of fishing line changes color every time yards and has a flexible metal center.

[Phil]

That's a Steve special.

[Spencer]

Is everybody ready?

[Phil]

Actually, we'll talk about it later.

[Spencer]

Anthony?

[Anthony]

Yep.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying Sinking fly line. Roman transitional, Randy, Monocore, Anthony leader, Nate, Lead core. Brody led core. They got it. The correct answer is lead core way, dude.

[Nate]

Let's go.

[Spencer]

Lead core line is designed to get lures deep without the use of heavy weight bait. It's most commonly used by anglers who are trolling for walleye, lake trout or salmon. The lead center is usually wrapped with nylon braid that changes color every 30ft, which tells fishermen how much line they've let out.

[Randall]

This Monocore.

[Spencer]

Monocore? I don't think so. I'll google it. While Phil gives Us a scoreboard.

[Randall]

I just want like a half hearted google. I don't feel strongly, but I thought it was.

[Phil]

I'll give you a half hearted scoreboard update. Anthony's on the board with one.

[Yanni]

Hell yeah.

[Spencer]

And that was a hard one.

[Phil]

Roman's still hanging on there with two points. Giannis and Randall are up next.

[Spencer]

They're tied up with four.

[Phil]

Brody has five. And still in the first place position with six points is Nate.

[Spencer]

Not much of an angler. They say monocore is a thing. It looks like it's used on spay rods. It's called monocore. Shooting line, right?

[Nate]

Yeah, dude, I've been.

[Randall]

That's not the same thing.

[Nate]

It's because I'm in the pocket of big bro.

[Spencer]

You're always doubting me back here.

[Phil]

The first couple times, you know, I let it slide. I'm starting to get a little prickly about it.

[Brody]

It's okay. I'm not going to stop doing it.

[Phil]

Okay.

[Spencer]

Two questions we can agree on this relationship.

[Randall]

Nate is just question.

[Anthony]

I keep score over here. See that one little slash question.

[Spencer]

Wildlife. This next great question is via Chris Hyan. Terry Blank, whose paintings often feature ducks and deer, was named America's most popular artist by US Art magazine every year from 1991 to 1998.

[Yanni]

Wow, that's a heck of a run.

[Spencer]

The room is stumped. This could be a zero percenter. Terry Blank, whose paintings often feature ducks and deer, was named America's most popular artist by US Art magazine every year from 1991 to 1998. Do you have this one right?

[Nate]

I only know one famous Terry.

[Spencer]

Okay, Anthony, you think you have this one right?

[Nate]

No, and I'd be shocked if he painted ducks and deers.

[Randall]

I think we have the same Terry.

[Spencer]

Me 3. Brody is slouched over in a position that seems to indicate he knows it but can't find it.

[Nate]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

Is that right, Brody?

[Brody]

If it's who I think it is.

[Anthony]

This is a diverse, like, round.

[Spencer]

There's a lot of different questions in here. Terry Blank, whose paintings often feature ducks and deer, was named America's most popular artist by u. S. Art magazine every year from 1991 to 1990.

[Anthony]

All right. Are we thinking of the same person?

[Nate]

We gotta be.

[Spencer]

You guys could just show each other. No, no. I don't like that.

[Nate]

Do you want to look at mine?

[Brody]

Nope.

[Spencer]

What a dynasty Terry Blank had every year from 1991 to 1998. Oh, shoot.

[Nate]

I think I gotta change spelling. No.

[Randall]

Shelby indexes might win.

[Spencer]

We've got Nate leading with six right now, two questions left. Terry Blank, whose paintings often feature ducks and deer, was named America's most popular artist by US Art magazine every year from 91 to 98. Roman, do you have an answer?

[Nate]

I have an answer. I think I'm being impacted by recent cultural things.

[Spencer]

Oh, okay.

[Anthony]

Recent. No, we don't have the same person.

[Nate]

Wait, I found a second Terry. I know.

[Spencer]

Oh, wow.

[Randall]

I think your answer. Roman is a popular barbecue chain.

[Yanni]

I don't even know.

[Anthony]

Give it up.

[Spencer]

Give up my beans, why don't you?

[Anthony]

Now I'm really curious to see.

[Spencer]

I'm excited to see all these answers.

[Nate]

Now I'm questioning if I got the right. If he's actually a Terry Brody.

[Spencer]

Did you come up?

[Randall]

Oh, I thought of another Terry, but it's definitely not.

[Spencer]

Do you have a Terry Blank?

[Yanni]

I think so.

[Spencer]

Oh. Do you think you have this one right?

[Yanni]

No.

[Spencer]

Oh. Okay. Is everybody ready? Go ahead and reveal your answers. Giannis says Blanchard. Roman says Black. Randy says o'. Toole. Anthony says Drury. Nate says Bradshaw. Brody without an answer. The correct answer is Redlin. Nobody got that one right. Terry Redlin.

[Anthony]

I thought you were putting that.

[Spencer]

Terry Redland was born and raised in Watertown, South Dakota, where his museum is located today. His work often focuses on rural America, showcasing wildlife and nature. He won the Minnesota Duck Stamp contest twice and the Minnesota Trout Stamp Contest once and was named their Conservationist of the year in 1986. His art donations to Ducks Unlimited have raised $28 million.

[Nate]

Wow.

[Spencer]

We have some pictures there.

[Nate]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer]

Famous work.

[Yanni]

Go back to that turkey one, since it's turkey season. Oh, yeah, that gets me excited.

[Spencer]

Picture of strutting gobblers. And there's some geese in flight. Most of his paintings. Here's a callback. Are done at twilight. Oh, wildlife life. He's got some.

[Anthony]

Otherwise known as legal shooting.

[Brody]

Was he a hunter?

[Spencer]

You know, I think he was a hunter. And again, he. He won the Minnesota Conservationist of the year award in 1986 and has raised $28 million for Ducks Unlimited.

[Anthony]

Can we go back to that combine scene?

[Spencer]

That one is called Sunset Harvest that he has of a nice whitetail buck watching.

[Anthony]

Oh, yeah.

[Spencer]

Some corn.

[Randall]

Yeah. That doesn't get you going?

[Anthony]

I don't know what.

[Randall]

When I see a painting in that style, I assume there's, like, a 99 likelihood that the guy's a hunter.

[Spencer]

Yes. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One was Joshua Tree national park does not have elk. Two is acp, stands for automatic Colt Pistol. Three, Gulf Stream. Four, Camelback Five. Twilight. Six. Chlamydia. Seven. Chicken of the woods. Eight. Lead core fishing line. Nine. Terry Redlin. Phil.

[Randall]

God, I should have had chlamydia.

[Spencer]

One more scoreboard update. More. Question 10.

[Phil]

It's down to Nate and Brody. Brody Roman has five points, Nate has six.

[Spencer]

A tough.

[Randall]

Stand your ground, Nate.

[Nate]

Thank you, sir.

[Spencer]

Question 10. The topic is hunting. How many coat colors of Labrador retriever are recognized by the American Kennel Club?

[Yanni]

Oh, we haven't had this yet.

[Anthony]

We've had this before.

[Brody]

Feel like we've had it.

[Spencer]

We've not had this.

[Anthony]

I was here.

[Spencer]

Had similar questions. Maybe we've had it. If I've had. If we've had it before, then everyone's going to get.

[Phil]

There was a different kettle question.

[Randall]

I know there's one that was in the same lane.

[Spencer]

Everybody should get this one right then, Yanni, not me. How many coat colors of Labrador retriever are recognized by the American Kennel Club?

[Brody]

Son of a buck.

[Spencer]

How many Labrador retrievers do you own, Randall?

[Randall]

Three.

[Spencer]

Three.

[Anthony]

How many coat colors?

[Randall]

Two coat colors.

[Anthony]

Don't give away too much.

[Randall]

They're not. I didn't say they're recognized by the akc. Oh,

[Anthony]

I hope I'm rooting for Brody because I want to do that overtime question.

[Spencer]

It's a number one overtime in a little while.

[Nate]

I don't think I've ever won. Not in overtime.

[Spencer]

Nate, if you just get this.

[Yanni]

Have you won the four?

[Spencer]

Nate?

[Nate]

A couple times.

[Spencer]

He'll have the outright victory. You don't want to go overtime with Brody though. That's what they say.

[Nate]

I know he's Nate's.

[Randall]

You know this Roman certified big dog.

[Nate]

It's the recognized part that's getting me.

[Spencer]

How many coat colors of Labrador retriever are recognized by the American Kennel Club? You feel good Toner?

[Anthony]

Yeah. Strong to very strong.

[Spencer]

Are there other lab owners?

[Yanni]

You own one?

[Spencer]

Nope.

[Yanni]

In the room?

[Spencer]

No.

[Randall]

I've been looking hard at puppies.

[Spencer]

Where do you draw the line? You think? What's the number?

[Randall]

I don't know. I'm just doing the math.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Randall]

I'm not a whatever you call the people that work for insurance companies.

[Nate]

Actuari.

[Randall]

I'm not an actuary.

[Anthony]

That would be a good question.

[Randall]

I've got two 11 year old labs and a 6 year old lab.

[Yanni]

Ah, okay.

[Randall]

So I can forecast the future. And I wouldn't want my 6 year old lab to be the sole influence on the next addition to our pack.

[Spencer]

Oh, how do you think it makes

[Brody]

us old ones feel if you knew you were Already thinking about their placements.

[Randall]

They're wise old grandmothers. They know everything.

[Spencer]

They've seen Randall's game before. He probably came in and were tutored by some old lab as well.

[Randall]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

Having dog set. I agree.

[Randall]

Yeah. Roman knows.

[Spencer]

Okay, is everybody ready?

[Anthony]

Roman, you do dog sitting.

[Spencer]

I do.

[Randall]

Only for good dogs.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Yanni saying 3. Roman, 4. Randy, 3. Anthony, 4. Nate, 4. Brody had 4, but he went with 3. Correct answer is 3. I was gonna offer a hint to overtime. Those three coat colors are black, yellow, and chocolate. If a Labrador is what breeders refer to as fox red, then it's lumped in with yellow labs. And for silver labs, they get grouped with chocolate labs. AKC says that color is no indication of character and that it's just a myth that yellow labs are the laziest or that black labs are the best hunters.

[Yanni]

Man, I. I think I'd put a hundred bucks down on the table to say that we had that exact question.

[Spencer]

I think we did. But then you thought it was four. That one, right?

[Yanni]

I think I wrote down for. Because of the.

[Anthony]

I think I got it right.

[Spencer]

I questioned if I had it before, and I searched hard, and I couldn't find.

[Steve Rinella]

Here's the trick.

[Randall]

You just think how many real colors of lab are there.

[Nate]

What's the deal with those field bread retrievers, those red little ones running around?

[Randall]

I don't. I don't know anything about dogs.

[Spencer]

Anything called fox red is lumpy.

[Randall]

Black labs, yellow labs, and chocolate labs.

[Brody]

My buddy was just looking at. At silver, so I.

[Spencer]

That's.

[Anthony]

That's what I thought was four.

[Brody]

I thought four, but.

[Spencer]

And I think they get, like, a. Silver is either a chocolate, or maybe it's just a Weimarier. All right, we're heading to overtime. Play the job, Phil

[Brody]

Weimar.

[Yanni]

Yeah, that's way different.

[Spencer]

For the overtime topic, we will do a fishing question, and this will be numerical. Whoever is closest between numerical Nate and Brody will be declared the winner. How many miles long is the Mississippi River? A lot. Brody feels like he's playing with house money over there. He's humming a nice little tune to himself as Nate.

[Anthony]

We're all doing it right.

[Spencer]

Everyone's gonna do it. Because if somebody gets it right on the nose, we will add an extra $100 to today's donation. That would be the most impressive overtime strike ever. If you got this one right on the money. How many miles long is the Mississippi River?

[Nate]

We had a tour of the Museum of the Rockies. Oh, yeah, you were on it.

[Spencer]

I Was there.

[Nate]

This is an interesting little tidbit for listeners. The Mississippi river is where like today's animals will turn into fossils a bajillion years from now.

[Spencer]

They liked the delta location, specifically deposition. How many miles long is the Mississippi River?

[Randall]

Great question.

[Spencer]

Whoever is closest between Nate and Brody will be today's winner. After a hard fought round where someone's gonna come out victorious with six correct answers.

[Randall]

Simple. Just think about where it starts, where it ends, and then add in the.

[Spencer]

See, this is the worst part is

[Nate]

it's like I should. This isn't even a fishing question. I should know this and I have no idea.

[Brody]

It's more of a geography.

[Nate]

That's what I'm saying. Like I can't even give my fishing lame cop out thing.

[Randall]

I think this is just a category of America.

[Nate]

Right?

[Spencer]

Is everybody ready?

[Yanni]

No.

[Nate]

Give me one sec.

[Spencer]

Okay.

[Anthony]

He's nervous.

[Spencer]

Brody's not going to change his answer. How many digits do you have down, Nate?

[Randall]

Oh, don't.

[Nate]

So far, one.

[Spencer]

Okay, come on, one.

[Brody]

Let him write his answer down.

[Spencer]

How many miles long is this? The Mississippi River?

[Brody]

What you write down.

[Nate]

Don't worry about it.

[Spencer]

Go ahead and reveal your answers. Yanni says 2,234. Roman says 1,982. Randall says 1,160. Anthony says 2,323. In our two players, we have Nate saying 2,137. Brody sang 2044. The correct answer is 2, 350. Making our winner.

[Yanni]

Wow.

[Spencer]

200 miles. Well, Anthony was the closest right there. Really close. 27 miles away. We're gonna call that right on the money.

[Anthony]

Yeah.

[Spencer]

So Nate gets to make a $600 donation today instead of $500. Nate, what are you gonna do with all that money?

[Nate]

I'm never prepared for this. If anyone has a suggestion in this room, something cool.

[Spencer]

No, it's gotta go with what you know.

[Nate]

Here's the deal. Go ahead, CEO.

[Randall]

Follow your heart.

[Nate]

I think Mark Kenyon, he's taken over the VP of Conservation role since Cal's over bha. And he's got great plans for how meat eaters gonna do cool conservation stuff. And part of that's Land Access initiative. Someone who's 500 bucks. 600 bucks.

[Spencer]

600. Thanks to me.

[Nate]

To the Land Access Initiative.

[Spencer]

To the LAI well done, Nate. Well done, Anthony, for getting it so dang close to the correct answer.

[Randall]

No one's gonna point out how far away I was.

[Spencer]

Join us next week, the only game show where conservation always wins.

[Yanni]

Thanks, Spencer.

[Spencer]

Thanks, Spencer.

[Brody]

Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota. He's the host. Using those smooth mirrors, mellow tones, he

[Spencer]

lays them questions down. And he likes taking those two and

[Brody]

three year old bucks. And he's an avid amateur rock hound.

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